Humbug Park

Humbug Park
Crossgates Greyhound Stadium
Location	Inverkeithing Road, Crossgates, Fife, Scotland
Coordinates	56°04'54.2"N 3°22'36.1"W

Humbug Park also previously known as Crossgates Greyhound Stadium is a football ground and former greyhound racing track on Inverkeithing Road in Crossgates, Fife, Scotland.^[1]

Origins

The name Humbug Park derives from a disused pit of the former Cuttlehill Colliery on which the ground is located.^[2]

Football

The ground is the home to Crossgates Primrose J.F.C., a Scottish football club who are members of the Scottish Junior Football Association, they play in the SJFA East Region South Division.

Greyhound racing

Plans for a greyhound track were instigated in 1936 by the secretary of the football club. The racing distance was 275 yards and the racing took place regularly between 1937 until 1953. The track was independent (unlicensed) and took place on Friday and Saturday evenings and had a large mining community following.^[3]

References

↑ "OS County Series Fifeshire 1915". old-maps.co.uk.
↑ Humbug Pits (Cuttlehill/Fordell) Fife Pits and Memorial Book, by Michael Martin
↑ Barnes, Julia (1988). Daily Mirror Greyhound Fact File. Ringpress Books. p. 413. ISBN 0-948955-15-5.

Scottish greyhound tracks

Licensed Tracks

Aberdeen (Holburn) Dundee (Dens Park) Edinburgh (Powderhall) Edinburgh (Stenhouse) Falkirk (Brockville Park) Falkirk (Diamond) Glasgow (Albion) Glasgow (Carntyne) Glasgow (Firhill) Glasgow (Marine Gardens) Glasgow (Shawfield) Glasgow (White City)

Unlicensed tracks (Independent/flapping)

Aberdeen (Regent Park) Allanton Armadale (Bathgate Road) Armadale (Volunteer Park) Auchinleck Ayr (Voluntary Park) Ayr (Tams Brig) Barrhead Berwick Blantyre Carfin Corbiewood Cowdenbeath (Central Park) Cowdenbeath (North End Park) Crossgates Denny Dumbarton Dumfries Dundee (Tannadice Park) Dunfermline (East End Park) Dunfermline (Milesmark) Edinburgh (Royal Gymnasium) Falkirk (Firs Park) Galston Glasgow (Ashfield) Glasgow (Clydeholm) Glasgow (Coatbridge) Glasgow (Mount Vernon) Glasgow (Nelson) Greenock (Cappielow) Gretna (Halcrow) Gretna (Raydale Park) Hawick (Albert Park) Hawick (Target Hill) Irvine (Caledonian) Irvine (Townhead) Kilmarnock Kincardine Kirkcaldy Larkhall Linlithgow Methil Motherwell (Clyde Valley) Motherwell (Milton Street) Paisley Shotts (Gasworks) Shotts (Stadium) Stevenston Stirling (Forthbank Park) Thornton Tranent Wallyford Wishaw

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